Genius is fostered by industry.

But the Night Mother is mother to all! It is her voice we follow! Her will! Would you dare risk disobedience? And surely... punishment?

Vivere est cogitare. (To think is to live)

It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.

No power is strong enough to be lasting, if it labours under the weight of fear.

In this statement, my Scipio, I build on your own admirable definition, that there can be no community, properly so called, unless it be regulated by a combination of rights. And by this definition it appears that a multitude of men may be just as tyrannical as a single despot and indeed this is the most odious of all tyrannies, since no monster can be more barbarous than the mob, which assumes the name and mask of the people.

Ignorance of impending evil is far better than a knowledge of its approach.